The River Valley girls cruised to a conference championship with 124 points, finishing ahead of second-place Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (45), third-place Wabasso (43) and fourth-place Minnesota Valley Lutheran/New Ulm Cathedral (42).

The River Valley boys won the conference with 80.5 points, holding off MVL/NUC (76). GFW took third (72.5), while Wabasso took fourth (27).

Perhaps the best battle of the meet happened in the boys 1,600 meters where River Valley sophomore Noah Christensen came from behind to edge sophomore teammate Matt Groebner. Christensen finished in 4:57.59. Groebner was second in 4:58.06.

“There’s nothing like having two great milers challenging each other,” said River Valley head coach Heidi McCone.

Staff photo by Fritz Busch River Valley junior Hailey Hollar, second from right, wins the girls 100-meter dash at the Tomahawk Conference Track Meet at Sleepy Eye Thursday. Hollar finished in 13.07 seconds. Others in the race from left are Averyelle Hopp of Minnesota Valley Lutheran, Katelyn Zeug and Madisyn Ourada of Wabasso.

River Valley junior Hailey Hollar won the 100 and 200 dashes, long jump and was on the 4×100 relay team.

The Wildcat 4×800 girls relay team of Marissa Pabst, Lucy Schmidt, Emmie McCone and Brynne Ibberson won in 10:16. Pabst also won the 800-meter dash by a wide margin.

The MVL/NUC boys team was led by Justin Thompson, who placed first in the 400 with a time of 51.99, as well as being on the winning 4×200 relay team that had a time of 1:35.85. The Chargers girls team was led by Averyelle Hopp, who placed third in the 100 (13.60) and second in the 200 (28.38).

Justin Messner was the leader for the GFW boys team, placing first in the 100-meter (11.94) and first in the 200 meter (23.99), as well as second in the boys 400-meter (52.38). The GFW girls were led by Madyson Steele, who placed first in the 1,600-meter (5:48.85) and the 3,200 (12:20.05).

Wabasso’s boys team was led by Andrew Morin, who won the 3,200 (10:57.9) and was on the second-place 4×800 relay team (9:55.74). Katelyn Zeug led the Wabasso girls team, placing second in the 100 (13.57) and helping the 4×200 relay team place first (1:52.45).

BOYS TOP FINISHERS

Boys 100

1. Justin Messner (11.94, GFW)

2. CJ Surprenant (12.18, RV)

3. Josh Bentler (12.23, MVL/NUC)

Boys 100 Weelchair

1. Toby Hagen (31.74, RV)

2. James Hagen (34.69, RV)

Boys 200

1. Justin Messner (23.99, GFW)

2. Ben Halvorson (24.2, MVL/NUC)

3. Jared Frey (24.55, MVL/NUC)

Boys 200 Weelchair

1. Toby Hagen (1:00.59, RV)

2. James Hagen (1:07.85, RV)

Boys 400

1. Justin Thompson (51.99, MVL/NUC)

2. Justin Messner (52.38, GFW)

3. Ben Halvorson (53.06, MVL/NUC)

Boys 800

1. Raul Rodriguez (2:12.78, RV)

2. Elliot Hoffman (2:17.5, MVL/NUC)

3. Lucas Hensch (2:22.75, RV)

Boys 1,600

1. Noah Christensen (4:57.59, RV)

2. Matthew Groebner (4:58.06, RV)

3. Elliot Hoffman (5:03.05, MVL/NUC)

Boys 3,200

1. Andrew Morin (10:57.9, Wabasso)

2. Levi Hagen (11:19.22, RV)

3. Kendrick Henry (12:14.28, MVL/NUC)

110 hurdles

1. Kaden Ryer (15.87, RV)

2. Will Kaesermann (15.88, MVL/NUC)

3. Garrett Schmidt (16.06, GFW)

Boys 300 hurdles

1. Kaden Ryer (42.69, RV)

2. Will Kaesermann (43.69, MVL/NUC)

3. Garrett Schmidt (43.88, GFW)

Boys 4×100 relay

1. CJ Surprenant, Kaden Ryer, Christian Belcher, Jake Heinrichs (46.81, RV)

2. Brennir Peterson, Mario Barannano, Regie Mattes, Garrett Stegeman (48.58, GFW)

Boys 4×200 relay

1. Josh Bentler, Jared Frey, Will Kaesermann, Justin Thompson (1:35.85, MVL/NUC)

2. Mason Kampsen, Zachary Timm, Joe Rohlik, Nolan Leopold (1:44.42, Wabasso)

Boys 4×400

1. Jake Heinrichs, Matthew Groebner, Raul Rodriguez, Nathan Sandgren (3:42.18, RV)

2. Elliot Hoffman, Justin Thompson, Jared Frey, Micah Horak (3:45.66, MVL/NUC)

Boys 4×800

1. Raul Rodriguez, Lucas Hensch, Matthew Groebner, Noah Christensen (9:20.73, RV)

2. Aidan Kampsen, Ty Bernardy, Andrew Morin, Tavyn Larson (9:55.74, Wabasso)

Boys Shot Put

1. Alex Johnson (43-5, GFW)

2. Evan Thompson (42-6, RV)

3. Keegan Lorang (39-9)

Boys Shot Put Weelchair

1. Toby Hagen (13-0, RV)

2. James Hagen (11-1, RV)

Boys Discus

1. Alex Johnson (145-0, GFW)

2. Peter Schlei (115-1, MVL)

3. Ashton Buboltz (110-0, MVL/NUC)

Boys Discus Weelchair

1. Toby Hagen (35-0, RV)

Boys High Jump

1. Brennir Peterson (5-10, GFW)

2. Christian Sanow (5-6, Wabasso)

3. Kaden Ryer (5-4, RV)

Boys Long Jump

1. Garrett Schmidt (19-8, GFW)

2. Ben Halvorson (19-1.5, MVL/NUC)

3. Easton Taylor (18-3.25, GFW)

Boys Triple Jump

1. Will Kaesermann (38-7.5, MVL/NUC)

2. Garret Schmidt (38-6.5, GFW)

3. Ben Halvorson (38-5.5, MVL/NUC)

GIRLS TOP FINISHERS

Girls 100

1. Hailey Hollar (13.07, RV)

2. Katelyn Zeug (13.57, Wabasso)

3. Averyelle Hopp (13.60, MVL/NUC)

Girls 200

1. Hailey Hollar (27.21, RV)

2. Averyelle Hopp (28.38, MVL/NUC)

3. Carly Fenger (28.47, Wabasso)

Girls 400

1. Brynne Ibberson (1:01.28, RV)

2. Taylor Bauer (1:05.99, GFW)

3. Lizzy Morin (1:07.45, Wabasso)

Girls 800

1. Marissa Pabst (2:29.91, RV)

2. Emmie McCone (2:42.27, RV)

3. Skyla Dauer (2:49.05, RV)

Girls 1,600

1. Madyson Steele (5:48.85, GFW)

2. Skyla Dauer (6:12.41, RV)

3. Kelly Willegal (6:34.76, GFW)

Girls 3,200

1. Madyson Steele (12:20.05, GFW)

2. Olivia Milbrath (13:19.24, GFW)

Girls 100m Hurdles

1. Katie Thram (18.04, RV)

2. Ellarie Blomeke (18.17, RV)

3. Claudia Weisensel (18.38, MVL/NUC)

Girls 300m Hurdles

1. Katie Thram (48.64, RV)

2. Claudia Weisensel (51.61, MVL/NUC)

3. Emily Brown (53.08, MVL/NUC)

Girls 4×100 Relay

1. Erika Wells, Hailey Hollar, Ellarie Blomeke, Yanellie Fernandez (52.74, RV)

2. Madisyn Ourada, Carly Fenger, Lizzy Morin, Emma Kolander (54.13, Wabasso)

Girls 4×200 Relay

1. Madisyn Ourada, Carly Fenger, Lizzy Morin, Katelyn Zeug (1:52.45, Wabasso)

2. Taylor Bauer, Maren Kemkes, Kelby Bruns, Kinley Bruns (1:54.22, GFW)

Girls 4×400 Relay

1. Marissa Pabst, Emmie McCone, Katie Thram, Brynne Ibberson (4:23.23, RV)

2. Clarisa Colin, Aubriana Conley, Anika Lee, Silvana Ruiz (5:03.14, GFW)

Girls 4×800 Relay

1. Marissa Pabst, Lucy Schmidt, Emmie McCone, Brynne Ibberson (1:18.11, RV)

2. Leah Lightfoot, Leah Mathiowetz, Addison Jensen, Cadence Pope (12:55.87, Wabasso)

Girls Shot Put

1. Mackenzie Frank (30-3, MVL/NUC)

2. Yuridia Fernandez (27-8, RV)

3. Hannah Christensen (27-7, MVL/NUC)

Girls Discus

1. Yuridia Fernandez (91-6, RV)

2. Hannah Christensen (82-8, MVL/NUC)

3. Kylie Stoll (70-7, GFW)

Girls High Jump

1. Teresa Larsen (4-6, RV)

2. Abby Schwartz (4-6, RV)

3. Natasha Doubler (4-6, Wabasso)

Girls Long Jump

1. Hailey Hollar (14-10.5, RV)

2. Katelyn Zeug (14-5, Wabasso)

3. Lizzy Morin (14-4, Wabasso)

Girls Triple Jump

1. Leah Kucera (31-7, RV)

2. Abby Schwartz (28-5.5, RV)

3. Aaliyah Flowers (27-8, Wabasso)